Jack and Bubble by Colleen M. Bratley is part of The Giving Collection. One day, Jack sits on a bee. Bubble is feeling just a little bit flat and wishes Jack would look where he sat. Bubble is a bee like no other, and through...

Catering to the Dead by Kim Davis is the eighth book in the Cupcake Catering Mystery series. Emory is the cupcake caterer everybody wants for their party, which is how she ended up working the Día de los Muertos party, where she ends up dealing...

Danny Teakwell tries to live a peaceful life in Hollywood, Florida. He is the guardian of bright twelve-year-old Jessica Jewell as the legal process of her adoption continues. Danny runs a surf shop called Nine Lives and is still dealing with old wounds after the...

The Healing Heart by A. L. Whyte is a haunting, inspiring spiritual odyssey that examines Mike Smith’s journey toward healing from trauma and pain. Mike Smith is a charismatic seminar leader who was severely abused as a child and suffered the loss of his brother,...

Detective Winston Radhauser faces the worst nightmare that can befall any parent in Susan Clayton-Goldner's A Harbor of Hope. In the dead of the night, someone wounds their stallion, Ameer, in the barn. Radhauser and Gracie go to bed tired that night after having the...

Corporate Undertaker is a firsthand look at what happens when businesses hit the wall, drawn from Domenic Aversa’s 25 years as a crisis manager. Aversa’s job was to step into the middle of chaos—dealing with everything from delusional owners of apparel giants to machine builders...

In Shadowsprite and Lightfoot by C. S. Wachter, Prince Keagan Shadowsprite Stormdweller is the heir to Noras Del’sham, a northern kingdom ruled by his father, King Nettlespore. When Nettlespore sends him into Gwenhwyfar Haven to free Lord Shadespawn Fenwright, a captive shadow shifter lord, Keagan...

Alina Vezinet, a thirty-one-year-old art appraiser, is having trouble keeping up with her demanding work and her personal life. Apart from teaching art history classes as a university professor, she has to juggle working at an auction house with spending time with her family: her...

How does one woman find purpose after heartbreak? This question is at the heart of The Cold Heart of War by Juliann Dorell. The story begins just before the Civil War, and centers on Beatrice Bradley, a strong-willed, thoughtful woman dealing with personal loss while...

In Emergence, Jonathan P. Strecker explains why childhood formation depends on repeated practice inside the places where children spend their days. Speaking from years as a head of school, he presents home life and classroom life as one shared system that can prepare a young...

Jay had already lost his father at a very young age, and later he lost his mother, making him an orphan. Jay doesn’t want to be sent to foster care, so he runs away and boards a train to escape, with the intention of eventually...

How much do you know about zookeepers and the part they play in wildlife conservation efforts and the protection of endangered species? So You Want to Be a Zookeeper is a colorful picture book by Linda Soules, designed to help young readers understand how zookeepers...

The Girl Who Makes a Million Mistakes: Dance Practice by Brenda Li is a children’s picture book about a high-spirited girl named Millie who rose to the occasion. When Miss Julianna announces that the class has an exciting dance recital coming up, Millie is absolutely...

In Adelma, Where It Is Always Dusk by Roderick Makim is a wide-ranging collection of poetry and prose that moves between outback Australia, Southeast Asia, Antarctica, and the inner landscapes of memory, anger, and wonder. Makim grew up on a farm in the Gulf Country...

Circles in the Dirt is a collection of observational poetry by Roderick Makim. These poems delve into the very nature of life, showing how it varies over certain cycles of time. Storm brings the nostalgic echoes of childhood freedom, and it stops suddenly, like growing...

Stikki the Squirrel: Tree Spirits is a children's book by Jane H. Wood. It's been a harsh winter for Stikki the Squirrel and his family. In fact, all the animals in the woodland have been affected by the cold and snow. Stikki leaves his mate...

It has been five years since seventy-year-old Loretta Willis buried her husband and decided to remain single, only entertaining the company of family and friends. She enjoys hosting parties at her house in Lakeview, New Orleans, especially during the holidays. The festive season has arrived,...

When Fred the Snake and Friends Learn the Chinese Zodiac, and the Great Race is a children's picture book by Peter B. Cotton. Fred the Snake and his two friends, Perdy and Jack, run into two Chinese students at their school. Soon, they became friends...

Dylan Dover: Players of the Prophecy by Lynne Howard follows five young immortals named in a warning left by Cius, a seer whose words point toward the Day of Atonement. Dylan Dover has magic Baltazar wants to control, while Dylan’s brothers Remy and Seth, his...

“Space may not have been under Earth's jurisdiction, but it had inherited all of Earth's foibles; corruption chief amongst them.” Space is a cruel mistress in Starship Breaker, a novel by G J Ogden. And it isn't really black, it's gray, morally gray, and that's...